The Year 2 Season 3 Mid-Season Update brings new Faction War Elites events with greater War Asset rewards, the new Waterspout feature, and Inventory Management improvements amongst a number of other quality-of-life changes.
This week, the Azure Solstice also returns with new mechanics and challenges with an opportunity for you to earn exclusive cosmetics and rewards.
PATCH HIGHLIGHTS
TIME-LIMITED EVENT: AZURE SOLSTICE
"Winter’s grip tightens once more as the Azure Fleet returns to haunt the ice‑choked seas. Among them sails the dreaded Azure Harbinger, a phantom of frost whose passage freezes wind and wave alike. Those who dare its icy gauntlet will find the ocean itself turned against them — yet within its hold lie treasures that only the bold can claim."
Azure Solstice will run 9th December 2025, 6AM UTC to 6th January 2026, 5:59AM UTC
The familiar Frostbitten Spirits Event Convoy & Azure Royale Elite Warship World Events return alongside a brand-new Elite Warship, the Azure Harbinger!
Summon the new Azure Harbinger at the event buoy using flares obtained from Event Drops, Events Quests or via the Event Vendor.
The Azure Fleet ships are protected by barriers that are vulnerable to Burning damage.
Collect Azurite and use them to get event rewards from the Event Vendor and exclusive cosmetics from the Store.
Rewards:
New Epic Bombard: Frostwail
New Epic Major Furniture: Sheeting Winch Console
New Event Cosmetics
Ascension materials
Ascended Weapon Chests
The Nashkar, High-Velocity Kegs, and other weapons will also be available
New Elite Warship: Azure Harbinger
New Elite Warship with unique behavior and firing patterns.
All weapons used by the Azure Harbinger can inflict a new status effect: Frostbite
Frostbite (Event-Only Status): Heavily slows down navigation and reload speed of affected ships.
Flooded Synergy - When Frostbite and Flooded are triggered at the same time, the total amount of severe damage that is done by the Flooded status will be applied instantly instead of over a period of time. Flooded will be removed after the severe damage is applied.
Ablazed Synergy - If Ablazed is triggered while Frostbite is active, the Frostbite status is removed. Players are immune to Frostbite charges when Ablazed.
Iceberg Buoy
The Azure Harbinger spawns tall, thin ice buoys in different patterns throughout the fight.
Iceberg Buoys slowly apply Frostbite charge to all nearby players.
Ice Crystal Buoy
The Azure Harbinger spawns small, round ice buoys in different patterns throughout the fight.
Ice Crystal Buoys explode after a short buildup, dealing damage to nearby players.
Armor of Frost
At fixed health thresholds, the Azure Harbinger activates a special barrier that cannot be destroyed by any weapons.
Destroy the crystal figurehead weakpoint of the Elite Warship to break the barrier.
If the Armor of Frost is not destroyed after a fixed period of time, the Elite Warship will heal for a portion of its health
NEW FEATURES AND CONTENT
NEW FACTION WAR EVENT: FACTION WAR ELITE
“The tides of war surge as the corporations unleash their most fearsome leviathans yet. The Mighty Opwelling and Mighty Soleil Imperial thunder into battle, each armed with devastating new technologies. Only the bold will face their volatile fury and berserker rage — but victory promises War Assets enough to turn the course of the conflict.”
The Opwelling and Soleil Royal elite warships return in War Events as the Mighty Opwelling and Mighty Soleil Imperial, featuring dangerous new affixes that make them even greater threat than before.
Take down these Flagships in the new Faction War Elite Events to earn large amounts of War Assets for the war effort!
New War Event: Faction War Elite
Mighty Opwelling (DMC)
Mighty Soleil Imperial (Compagnie)
Each Faction War Elite possesses a new, unique affix:
NEW FEATURE: WATERSPOUT
“The seas now hold a new predator — swirling towers of wind and wave. Master their power to sling your ship across the horizon in a surge of speed… or twist their fury into a trap for your foes. Will you dance with the storm, or feed your enemies to it?”
Waterspouts are a new type of weather phenomena which provides seasoned captains with new navigational challenges. Skilled captains can ride the current for a burst of speed and slingshot across the water.
When approaching a waterspout, sail along the outer radius to gain a significant movement speed bonus in the direction of the wave.
Sailing too close to the eye of the waterspout will however pull your ship inwards towards the waterspout and damage your sails – so approach with care.
Clever maneuvering can also lure enemy ships into a waterspout, trapping them long enough for you to escape or land a powerful mortar shot on multiple clustered targets.
NEW FEATURE: FILTER TABS
Dev Note: We know this has been a long-requested feature from the community and we’re excited to finally bring this to you. While this was initially slated for a later release while being applied to wider range of menus, we wanted to bring this change to you as soon as possible and so we’ve first targeted the most commonly used menus. We’ll continue to refine this and gradually apply it to other menus in the future.
Added filter tabs for inventory categories across various menu screens
Ship Loadouts
Cargo and Warehouse
Vendors
GAMEPLAY UPDATES
FACTION WAR
Dev Note: We’re making some very slight adjustments to accelerate the war this season.
Reduced Battle Period 4 from 3 weeks to 2 weeks
Shifted Battle Period 5 & 6 earlier by a week (number of weeks remain unchanged).
Dev Note: We’re making some adjustments to improve the comfort of the War Cargo event when participating alone and addressing an exploit when participating against another player. We’re also sorry for the spam.
War Cargo
Added weak points to the Ambushers to make them easier to take down
Disabled Fast Travel while participating in the activity
Removed War Cargo Starting notification
SHIPS
Dev Note: This adjustment aims to ease early-game frustration for players using smaller ships. The goal is to ensure new players do not form the mistaken impression that small ships are inherently weaker, but instead understand their role and potential as they learn the game’s systems.
All quadrants are now unlocked by default for small ships
Small ships no longer need to be upgraded to unlock rear gunports.
Adjusted small ships upgrades to account for this change.
Dev Note: We’re increasing the amount of taunt generated to make the Frigate perform slightly better in its intended tank role.
Increased the amount of taunt generated by the Frigate’s perk.
CREW FINISHER (previously BOARDING)
Dev Note: We’re renaming Boarding to Crew Finisher, streamlining the flow to not break immersion, and unlocking the camera to make this a more comfortable alternative to simply sinking ships.
Boarding is now renamed to Crew Finisher.
Success conditions have been improved.
The boarding cinematic and the loot screens have been removed.
The camera is no longer locked to the cinematic.
No changes to bonus loot for boarding.
NAVIGATION ON LAND
Dev Note: We’re aware that the last set of changes to character navigation didn’t land as well as we’d thought it would. We’re making slight improvements to reduce the “floatiness” and desynchronization of character animations especially during sharp turns and during the starting and ending movement animations.
Adjusted land character navigation.
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
Dev Note: Inventory Management continues to be our highest quality-of-life priority. In addition to the increase of cargo slots we introduced a few weeks ago, and on top of the new filter tabs feature in this patch, we’re making smaller, targeted improvements to ease top areas of friction. We’re still studying and working on ways to further improve the topic of Inventory Management. Do let us know what you would like to see next!
Multiple items (including Ascended Equipment) can now be marked for salvage at the Blacksmith.
All chest types now support opening multiple chests of the same type simultaneously.
Improved item selection logic when equipping/unequipping items to your ship
DOCKING & FAST TRAVEL
Fast Travel now allows you to choose between going on land, like usual, or staying at sea.
UI/UX IMPROVEMENTS
Approaching or joining World Events will no longer automatically replaces the Objective Tracker.
Added an option for players to Hold to Track when approaching or joining a World Event to replace the contents of the Objective Tracker
Pressing the back button on the Logbook navigation no longer closes the entire Logbook but returns players to the previous screen.
Improved readability of text in the death screen.
Renamed “Craft New Items” to “Craft Ships” in the Shipwright menu for clarity.
Removed duplicated “Missing Ingredients” error message when crafting a ship.
Readjusted the priority and order of appearances of some notifications.
Added Ship Rank and number of participants to World Event iconography in the world map.
TEXT CHAT
Dev Note: Since the launch of Year 2 Season 3, we’ve improved our anti-spam monitoring tools which allow us to systematically detect and ban text chat abusers on a daily schedule. We’ve seen a significant decrease of text chat abuse, but we’re doing one more change to address this issue. We’ve assessed the impact of this change for new players to be minimal if they’re actively progressing in the onboarding campaign.
Increased the minimum Infamy needed to interact with Text Chat to 4
ONBOARDING
Improved the onboarding flow for new players
Objectives for new players are now more focused
Added Call-For-Help Tutorial
A Seaworthy Charge:
Updated initial repair kits obtained from S to M
Unwelcome Aboard:
Updated equip step to reach SR level
Removed forced “Look at” encounters
Brokered Ground:
Removed blockade on the final encounter
Increased Fara Scout difficulty (swapped to a hard ship variant)
Service the Round:
Update objective texts to bring focus to Compagnie merchants
Increase ship rank of Compagnie Flagship
Tier 1 weapons removed from Onboarding
Added a panel at the end of the onboarding flow highlighting latest opportunities in Endgame.
Added a closing cinematic for the Year 3 Seasonal 3 Seasonal Journey with the St Anne Blacksmith.
VISUAL IMPROVEMENTS
Improved the ambience of Mythic La Peste and Mythic Vikram World Events
La Peste’s Mythic Event now features visuals with darker storm clouds, green ambient lighting, drifting poison ash, and a distinct green aura to enhance the atmosphere.
The second phase of Vikram Rajan’s Mythic Event with darker storm clouds and yellow ambient lighting to heighten the fight’s atmosphere.
Key NPCs now track your approach and turn to face you when you get close, making interactions feel more responsive and alive.
YEAR 2 SEASON 3: GUTS AND GLORY
Year 2 Seasonal 3 has been extended to 16 weeks, and now ends on 10 February 2026, 06:00 UTC.
Faction War will still end on Week 14, with an extended, two-week ceasefire from Week 15 to Week 16 in preparation for Year 2 Season 4.
DEATH TIDES
Dev Note: Long queue times have been an issue for Death Tides for some time now. We’re making a quick change to get players into matches faster.
Adjusted the match size for all game modes, maps, and matches to 3v3
STABILITY
Dev Note: Since our previous communication where we mentioned we would be prioritizing stability, we’ve made significant progress in investigating and resolving a myriad of issues which were proven to or could potentially lead to lower stability health. We’re continuing to investigate and resolve rarer causes of instability and will release any improvements whenever they are tested and ready.
Improved Client, Network, and Server stability
THIS WEEK IN THE INDIAN OCEAN – Y2S3 W8
We’re experimenting with the addition of this segment, where we feature the ongoing events for the week and what’s available at Blackwood’s Store. Let us know what you think!
TIME LIMITED EVENT: AZURE SOLSTICE BEGINS
Celebrate the season with battles under a blinding blue horizon.
FACTION WAR: BATTLE PHASE 4 CONTINUES
Missed the latest war news? Read on to find the results, and dive into our latest short tale: State of War - Faction War.
WORLD EVENT: SOLEIL ROYAL
Sink the crown’s pride before it sinks you.
WORLD EVENT: UNDYING MAW
Face the beast the deep refuses to kill.
AVAILABLE THIS WEEK AT BLACKWOOD'S STORE
BUG FIXES
Achievements and Challenges
Fixed an issue where the “Challenge Completed” notification appeared repeatedly after completing a weekly challenge.
Fixed an issue where debug text appeared on the Seasonal Journey page for some languages.
Fixed an issue where collecting War Assets incorrectly triggered completion of a Weekly challenge (400 War Assets vs the intended 500). (PLAYER REPORTED)
Fixed an issue where the Invader 2 and Bullseye achievements were missing from the Captain’s Player Card view.
Fixed an issue where the “Wave 3” entry was present instead of the correct notification after completing all events in the Events tab.
Armor / Item Ascension
Fixed an issue where the stats (2nd, 3rd, 4th armor mods) were not reset after players unequipped a Common/Uncommon armor piece.
Fixed an issue where the colors on the armor resistance information in the Armor Equipment screen were inverted.
Fixed an issue where the ascension level was not displayed when selling or destroying weapons and armor.
Fixed an issue where the Ascension UI showed incorrect Better/Worse indicators. (PLAYER REPORTED)
Audio
Fixed an issue where an NPC vendor’s lip-sync animation did not match their audio lines.
Fixed an issue where the Vikram Rajan Deadly (Mythic) ambience track would not play after matchmaking into the server.
Combat
Fixed an issue where some elite enemy ships (such as Commander Zhang, Li Tian Ning, Vikram Rajan, etc.) did not consistently use their bracing maneuver during combat, making them easier to defeat than intended.
Fixed an issue where there was missing firing feedback for mortars.
Fixed an issue where the Frigate did not decrease armor rating when ramming other ships.
Fixed an issue where the damage-per-shot value for the Blightbringer weapon was inconsistent with its intended damage, leading to a mismatch in expected damage output. (PLAYER REPORTED)
Fixed an issue where the damage value of “The Rotmouth” weapon was incorrect and did not match its intended output. (PLAYER REPORTED)
Fixed an issue where verylow damage was displayed for the ascended La Piqûre III weapon. (PLAYER REPORTED)
Fixed an issue where the boss health bar on crew attack damage preview was shown in black instead of blue.
Fixed an issue where damage from the Soleil Imperial perk was too low.
Fixed an issue where crew attack damage numbers were not visible against some bosses/elites. (PLAYER REPORTED)
Fixed an issue where Soleil Royal ships spawned instead of the Upwelling ascended elite warships. (PLAYER REPORTED)
Fixed an issue where the Fara Ship Scout would fire its flare but no ambush would spawn.
Fixed an issue where the Toxic III perk description displayed an incorrect value.
Fixed an issue where boarding ropes would miss even when the player's ship was right next to the target.
Contracts
Fixed an issue where players could not progress the Bloodsoaked Silver quest (Search Pillar Tomb for Missing Goods). (PLAYER REPORTED)
Fixed an issue where the “Smuggle Local Fiber” job board contract required Ramie (a material that no longer exists in-game), preventing players from completing the contract.
Fixed an issue where Players were stuck at “Continue With Blackwood When Ready” and were unable to progress Spoils of War. (PLAYER REPORTED)
Fixed an issue where the contract icon was present on two different nodes of the plunder bar if the player had the Destroy Flags Job Board contract active while doing The Devil's Gambit contract.
Fixed an issue where the text "Flotilla Commodore" was missing in the objective tooltip for the contract Contested Tides from the Pirate broker.
Fixed an issue where a blank box was present in the tooltip of a contract ship when the ship was viewed through a spyglass during The Quiet Pull contract.
Fixed an issue where the "Investigate Unbound Body" prompt remained for group members until the host completed the step.
Fixed an issue where the icon was missing on Sultanah's Gilded Coffin cargo during the step Escape to Kelelawar Chamber.
Fixed an issue where going back from Rewards sent the player to the Seasonal Hub instead of the NPC dialogue when the reward screen was opened via a Faction War NPC.
Fixed an issue where a double World Event could spawn if a player was doing a contract-triggered World Event at the same time as a dynamic World Event.
Fixed an issue where placeholder text was present for the Azure onboarding contract.
Fixed an issue where the Ramie material requirement was shown to complete the Job Board contract Smuggle Fiber. (PLAYER REPORTED)
Fixed an issue where the Shadow Legion Convoy disengaged when a player joined the event after it started. (PLAYER REPORTED)
Fixed an issue where the player could not continue the Blacksmith Ascendant quest – stuck on 'When Ready' objective. (PLAYER REPORTED)
Fixed an issue where the Legendary Heist event was not spawning for some players.
Fixed an issue where the wording for the last step of the Infamy Quest was too complicated.
Cosmetics
Fixed an issue where the “Death Sentence” ship skin would clip through parts of the Snow-class ship, causing minor visual glitches.
Fixed an issue where the preview for an upgradable figurehead was blocked (or the “barred eye” icon was missing) if a ship skin was equipped in the shipwright’s upgrade menu.
Fixed an issue where the “Bloodless Ruthless” ship hull color was missing its emissive glow effect, making the ship appear without its intended lighting.
Fixed an issue where the “She Who Weeps” figurehead was misaligned on the Frigate ship, causing its preview to appear off-screen in the customization view.
Death Tides
Fixed an issue where the game would crash when navigating to the Paladin ship preset in the selection menu.
Fixed an issue where the 12th player was kicked out of the game after joining an 11-player lobby from the Main Menu. (PLAYER REPORTED)
Fixed an issue where Ultimate ability descriptions were not available on screen.
Dens and Outposts
Fixed an issue where the player was always directed to Telok Penjarah instead of Saint Anne as the fast travel location for the Call of the Azure recommendation.
Fixed an issue where the blueprint thumbnail icon was missing from the General tab while interacting with William Blackwood at a Den.
Fixed an issue where the player could not Set Sail after fast traveling to a World Event and then returning to a Den via fast travel.
Domains
Fixed an issue where the icons of items required to take part in any Domain event were missing from its map tooltip when the player hovered over them.
Fixed an issue where the objective location for Domain was not displayed on the map (empty labels on the Helm map).
Faction War
Fixed an issue where the Faction War map would cause a game freeze and crash upon opening.
Fixed an issue where the War Event timer did not appear when a player reached the required step in the Infamy Quest.
Fixed an issue where players who had not yet chosen a faction (during a Ceasefire) had no dialogue option available with the Faction Broker NPC.
Fixed an issue where, on the Faction War event notification, the “View in Map” and “Dismiss” buttons were reversed, causing their functions to be swapped.
Fixed an issue where the Seasonal Hub tab would display a “Starting Soon/Starts in 0d” label for Faction War even when a war was already in progress.
Fixed an issue in War Cargo events where Privateer ships would not spawn if two players were participating, leaving the event without its intended enemies.
Fixed an issue where a second invasion event could trigger back-to-back within the same Faction War cycle, instead of only one invasion per cycle.
Fixed an issue where War Assets earned were not contributing towards the faction.
Fixed an issue where the Battle Period result screen was visible even if players had not passed Unlock Point 2.
Fixed an issue where an Elite Warship event (active or countdown) failed to appear on the Faction War map.
Fixed an issue where Ascended Elite warships in Faction War were not triggering properly (failing to spawn).
Fixed an issue where the War Cargo icon appeared on the Helm map after a player joined the event.
Fixed an issue where players were able to dock at non-secured outposts by docking and instantly picking up a War Assets bundle during a War Cargo event.
Fixed an issue where the War Cargo target outpost icon was appearing on the Helm map at zoom level 1.
Fixed an issue where the Territories Captured timer on the Faction War tracker was not updating correctly, causing it to display incorrect timing information.
Fixed an issue where speaking to the Faction Broker during a Ceasefire showed no dialogue options and incorrectly displayed a “Faction War Rewards” button.
Fixed an issue where players who had not reached the required progress (Unlock Point 2) could still interact with the Faction Broker during a Ceasefire, when they should not have been able to.
Fixed an issue where the faction selection screen could appear blank when talking to the Faction Broker, preventing players from seeing faction choices.
Fixed an issue in Fort Defense where if one player quit the event, the “Leaving” and “Abandoned” notifications would incorrectly display for another player who joined that event.
Fixed an issue where the War Convoy icon for the player’s own faction would incorrectly appear on the Events tab of the Journal.
Fixed an issue where the War Effort screen could remain stuck open on the main menu if the host player left the War Effort screen abruptly.
Fixed an issue where the “new” marker icon in the War Effort tab of the Faction War menu would not disappear after the player claimed their rewards.
Fixed an issue where the faction streamer banner on the player’s ship (earned during Faction War) would obstruct the view from the crow’s nest.
Fixed an issue where clicking “View Rewards” on the Faction War map (when accessed via the fast travel screen) did not open the rewards section as intended.
Fixed an issue where players could access the Faction War rewards screen early (without meeting requirements) by holding the V key during a Faction War infamy quest.
Fixed an issue where an extra “Event Starting” notification would sometimes appear when a player joined a Fort Defense event.
Fixed an issue where being hostile with a faction prevented the player from interacting with Duister Manufactories, which was not intended. (PLAYER REPORTED)
Fixed an issue where a “War Event Available” notification would appear for a player who had not yet unlocked Faction War events.
Fixed an issue where a defeated participant in a War Cargo event would still receive a “War Cargo is successful” notification after the other participant secured the cargo.
Fixed an issue where pressing the touchpad (controller) or M/Tab (keyboard) while the Battle Period result screen was open would send the player back to the game world in the background, instead of locking input to the results screen.
Fixed an issue where War Assets dropped from War Convoy ships would not be collected or counted if the player engaged the convoy outside of a contested territory.
Fixed an issue where a “Leaving War Zone” notification would pop up when a player joined a Fort Defense event
Fixed an issue where the tooltip for a Fort Defense event displayed incorrect information about participant count and difficulty.
Fixed an issue where the “Territories Captured” counter timer did not update after a new Battle Period began.
Fixed an issue where the “new” icon on the War Effort tracker would appear for players who had not yet unlocked Faction War (had not reached the required progression).
Fixed an issue where using the Item Search pin for War Assets would display duplicate lines of text for the War Assets item.
Fixed an issue where a “War Event Completed” notification could appear for a player even if they did not participate in the Fort Defense event. (PLAYER REPORTED)
Fixed an issue where the title section of Faction War on the Seasonal Landing page was displayed differently than intended
Fixed an issue where Fort Defense and War Convoy challenges were still available when they should not have been unlocked.
Fixed an issue where Faction War benefits were still given after abandoning a War event.
Fixed an issue where players were not receiving the 300 War Assets reward after winning a Battle.
Fixed an issue where the infamy gain value on the Battle Phase screen was incorrect.
Fixed an issue where war event timers were not synchronized properly, causing ascended elites to spawn incorrectly.
Fixed an issue where the store offer icons did not match the vanity items displayed.
Graphics
Fixed an issue where textures on multiple “Sea Fire” cannons flickered on the Ship Vanity screen.
Fixed an issue where loading screen images did not update properly after a resolution change.
Fixed an issue where healing VFX were not billboarded to the screen.
Helm Empire
Fixed an issue in the Helm trading system where an incorrect item would be shown as “in transit” when swapping shipment orders.
Fixed an issue where Kupfer Bars were incorrectly listed as a required resource for Manufactory Buyout. (PLAYER REPORTED)
Inventory & Loot
Fixed an issue where the Heavenly Lance blueprint was displayed with an Epic (purple) background, even though it produced a Rare-tier (blue) weapon. (PLAYER REPORTED)
Fixed an issue where the loot multiplier icon for Silver was not appearing on dropped loot and shipwreck chests.
Fixed an issue where the “Weight (Total)” sort option in inventory was using each item’s weight instead of the total stack weight, making it identical to Weight (Item) and preventing players from identifying their heaviest stacks.
Leaderboards
Fixed an issue where the weekly leaderboard was resetting unexpectedly. (PLAYER REPORTED)
Fixed an issue where players’ rankings and information did not appear in the Seasonal Leaderboards tab.
Localization
Fixed an issue where the Fast Travel localization was missing text in French on PS5.
Fixed an issue where the translation was missing for "Poacher's Locker" outpost name in all languages except English.
Fixed an issue where the tooltip info for ascended elite warships was not localized.
Fixed an issue where the localization for the Thunder Dragon Cannon perk description was incorrect (displayed as "Jeder 5. Alle"). (PLAYER REPORTED)
Fixed an issue where a debug text string would appear in the tooltip when salvaging marked items, instead of the proper text.
Fixed an issue where a debug text string was displayed in the description of the Firework tutorial, rather than the intended tutorial text.
Fixed an issue where a placeholder string (“Inventory Names”) was shown in the Furniture tab for all languages, instead of the correct localized text.
Fixed an issue where a placeholder text appeared for the “Fast Travel - Enter Location” and “Fast Travel - Remain on Ship” prompts in all languages except English.
Fixed an issue where the “CURRENT SEASON ITEMS” text in the Smuggler’s Network was not localized and always appeared in English.
Fixed an issue where the weapon name and type text would overlap in the UI when the “Crouching Tiger” mortar skin was equipped in the German language setting.
Fixed an issue where the objective description for the “Expanding Horizons” contract was missing localization in all languages except English.
Fixed an issue where the description for the “Strike the Dark” contract was not translated in languages other than English.
Fixed an issue where certain special characters were not displayed correctly in the Faction War menu for Spanish and Latin American Spanish locales.
Fixed an issue where a debug text string was displayed when the player’s ship was sunk by the Poisoned status effect after defeating Mythic La Peste (the proper death message is now shown).
Megafort Wolvenhol
Fixed an issue where the player camera could clip inside Megafort Wolvenhol while free-roaming during a death loop scenario.
Fixed an issue where Commander Aechte could become immune to damage if the player destroyed the entire Wolvenhol fort without sinking Aechte’s ship, causing “The Wolves’ Hollow” event to fail. (PLAYER REPORTED)
Refinery
Fixed an issue where if a player had some deprecated items in the refinery queue when logging out long ago and logging in Year 2 Season 3, it would trigger a crash.
Seasonal Hub
Fixed an issue where Seasonal Journey progression remained stuck at 97% even after unlocking and claiming all nodes in the tree. (PLAYER REPORTED)
Fixed an issue where the Seasonal Journey label “Ongoing” was not correctly displayed on the seasonal landing page. (La Peste context)
Fixed an issue where the Logbook/Seasonal Landing Page was broken and could not be opened.
Fixed an issue where misleading icons were present for multiple weapon boosts on the Seasonal Journey window. (PLAYER REPORTED)
Fixed an issue where the Seasonal Calendar button on the Glory Adorned tab redirected the player to the Requiem of the Lost tab.
Fixed an issue where the Info tab was blank for the Seasonal Journey landing page on the Main Menu.
Fixed an issue where Halloween image was incorrectly used as the background on the Challenges screen in the Seasonal Journey page.
Fixed an issue where gilded marks currency was missing from the Weekly Challenges tab in the Seasonal Journey.
Fixed an issue where a debug text string was displayed on the daily rewards screen of the Seasonal Hub landing page.
Fixed an issue where the Free Trial timer UI was missing from the Seasonal Landing page for trial players.
Stability
Fixed an issue where players could get stuck on the Skull & Bones loading screen when launching the game on a Steam Deck.
Fixed an issue where cross-server players could be kicked when attempting to group (Steam-Crossplay issue).
Fixed an issue where players would encounter a EIDER-00009003 matchmaking error in the Megafort Wolvenhol event. (PLAYER REPORTED)
Fixed an issue where event challenges were missing from the Seasonal Journey page.
Fixed an issue where players could not form groups due to cross-play mismatch errors.
Fixed an issue where a player could not join a group with friends from the main menu immediately after launching the game.
Fixed an issue where if the game world failed to render (only the HUD was visible), inspecting an item from any bundle could cause the game to crash.
Fixed an issue where loading a player’s save game could sometimes cause the client to crash.
Store
Fixed an issue where the “Time-Limited Items” label was missing in the shop UI after interacting with Blackwood and opening the Buy/Sell menu.
Fixed an issue where the Tier 1 “Burning Bloodlust” upgradable figurehead was missing its emissive effect in the Store preview.
Fixed an issue where the default time-of-day lighting would vary inconsistently when previewing different ship skins in the Store.
Fixed an issue where previewing the “Maw of Silence” weapon skin in the Store caused the preview model to be positioned off-screen.
Fixed an issue where the “Nevermore” figurehead in the Store was missing its reactive label (the indicator tag that highlights special properties).
Fixed an issue where an emissive label was missing for the "Many Moons" figurehead in the Stars Above bundle at the Store.
UI/UX
Fixed an issue where the sorting category was missing in the Smuggler's Network buy/sell interaction tab.
Fixed an issue where the Smuggler’s Network blueprints icon was missing or incorrectly displayed.
Fixed an issue where the selection highlighter would move to the previous or next item after equipping a selected customization in the Weapon Vanity menu.
Fixed an issue where the "Change Appearance" button would appear at the bottom-right of the screen for a few seconds after selecting an armor.
Fixed an issue where a 0 reforging counter was present on the tooltip for all items.
Fixed an issue where the armor value for Iron Husk I was not showing correct information.
Fixed an issue where the player camera could clip through the Poison Culverin weapon when it was placed near the Blacksmith.
Fixed an issue where a Modify Inventory AI action was triggering twice and not showing a notification for item removal.
Fixed an issue where the hold-circle of the Hide/Show Objective Tracker button overlapped with the number of event participants when using a PS5 controller.
Fixed an issue where the Fort Defense icon on the map was covering the timer gauge.
Fixed an issue where placeholder texts were present for "Faction War" in certain UI.
Fixed an issue where a low-resolution smuggler mark icon was seen on the purchase confirmation screen after buying smuggler marks in the Store.
Fixed an issue where empty label masks were shown for territories on the Helm map.
Fixed an issue where the widget pop-up was not showing the item's name and quantity when salvaging marked items.
Fixed an issue where other players were visible and could block the view in the interaction window of the Vanity Atelier NPC.
Fixed an issue where the player would stop abruptly while running on uneven ground.
Fixed an issue where faction leaderboard rewards were not distributed correctly.
Fixed an issue where deep-linking to the Store and inspecting any 3D vanity item would cause a black screen when exiting the Store.
Fixed an issue where the blueprint thumbnail icon was missing from the General tab while interacting with William Blackwood at a Den.
Fixed an issue where toggling Cycle Inventory in any tab changed the contents inside the Time-Limited Items tab.
Fixed an issue where the selector UI would disappear when browsing vendors (Smuggler's Network) after a currency purchase.
Fixed an issue where the special event booster icon (from a prior event) was visible in multiple UI locations when it shouldn’t be, resulting in confusing UI clutter.
Fixed an issue where the Frostbite status effect icon on the HUD was showing an incorrect “Slowed” placeholder icon instead of the proper Frostbite icon.
Fixed an issue where certain UI elements would remain on screen after logging out.
Fixed an issue where black backgrounds when navigating around the map.
Vanity
Fixed an issue where the Sloop-of-War’s middle deck wall did not update to match the hull color on the Ship Vanity screen.
Fixed an issue where the Versailles Set – "Royal Direction" wheel color did not match its preview image in Ship Cosmetics.
Fixed an issue where a different weapon skin preview was shown on the main preview screen when inspecting an individual weapon skin option in Foreboding Maw.
Fixed an issue where the Temptation's Toll belt preview did not match the thumbnail icon in the Cursed Fortunes set at the Store.
Fixed an issue where the player received a "Rotative Store Failure" error when purchasing the High Station ship bundle if they already owned it.
Fixed an issue where the emissive effect was missing or not properly shown for the Burning Grasp ornaments in the Cursed Fortunes bundle in the Store.
Fixed an issue where the Tier 1 Burning Bloodlust upgradable figurehead had a missing emissive effect in the Store preview.
Fixed an issue where all character outfit icons were missing when previewing vanity items.
Fixed an issue where using certain pet emotes (such as Rock the Roar, Iguana Wiggle, Bubbly Nature, or Bobbing Parrot) could cause the player’s character to become stuck and unable to move.
World Events
Fixed an issue where the loot preview shown on the World Map for La Peste’s Strongbox and Locker was inaccurate (the preview now reflects the correct loot contents).
Fixed an issue where the Kuharibu sea monster could continue to attack the player and take damage even after its event had failed, instead of disengaging properly.
Fixed an issue where a World Event icon could be seen on Vikram's ship during combat
Please continue to submit bug reports through the Bug Reporter should you encounter any issues:
https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/skull-and-bones/bug-reporter
Your Bug Reporter contributions do greatly help us to prioritize the most impactful issues and analyze the specific profiles of players affected by various issues.
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